Industrial Design in Vietnam

Before the NOIP issues any of notices specified at Point 17.1.a of this Circular, an applicant may request the NOIP to record the transfer of his/her application to another person.

On November 22, 2024, in Riyadh, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) officially adopted the Riyadh Design Law Treaty (RDLT). This is a historical milestone aimed at establishing common standards for the application and management of industrial designs, helping designers protect their work internationally more easily, quickly, and cost-effectively....

1. General provisions on renewal of validity of protection titles Industrial design patents shall have a validity starting from the grant date and expiring at the end of 5 years after the filing date and may be renewed for two consecutive terms, each of 5 years. Request for renewal of...

Where an applicant for registration of an industrial design knows that such industrial design is being used by another person without prior use right for commercial purposes[...]

If client would like to file an industrial design in Vietnam, SBLaw would like to provide our guidance as follows:

Question:  I would like to register some furniture designs in Vietnam. Please an example of the paper work of my designs (4 pages with technical drawing). Could you advise the cost per designs and time scale to register such designs in Vietnam? Thank you Answer:  Regarding your enquiry concerning the subject matter,...

In order to register your industrial design in Vietnam, We would like the Power of Attorney (POA) from your firm[...]

  The fee for filling an industrial design application in Vietnam. In order to file an industrial design application in Vietnam, the applicant has to pay the following fee: 1.1.Fee for filing an application for industrial design application (*) - Additional charge for each additional variation from 2nd one 1.2. Claiming priority right (for each...

The fee for filling an industrial design application in Vietnam.

Use of an industrial design is regulated by Vietnam IP law as follows:

1. Minimum documents - 02 Declaration for registration which are typed according to form No. 03-KDCN Appendix A of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN; - 01 copy of the industrial design description; . - 04 sets of photos or 04 sets of drawings of an industrial design. - Fee and charge receipts. 2. Other documents (if...

Documents identifying an industrial design registered for protection in an industrial design registration application include a description and a set of photos or drawings of such industrial design[...]

The applicant may divide,on his/her own initiative or upon the request of the NOIP,his/her application (division and transfer of one or several technical solutions in an invention registration application[...]

On the date of expiration of the time limit for substantive examination of an application at the latest,the NOIP shall send to the applicant one of the following notices[...]